The Russian S-70 Okhotnik UCAV Struck Ground Targets With Unguided Bombs During Weapons Testing
The Russian S-70 Okhotnik UCAV Struck Ground Targets With Unguided Bombs During Weapons Testing
The S-70 Okhotnik takes off for a test flight. (Photo: Russian MoD)
In December it was also announced that the S-70 Okhotnik drone was tested in flight with captive air-to-air missiles in the fighter role
The Russian next-generation Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik (Hunter) struck some ground targets in the Ashuluk range (home of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ Combat Training and Combat Application Center) in southern Russia, according to a source in the military-industrial complex cited by the Russian News Agency
Japan moves ahead with JNAAM co-development
22 December 2020
by Kosuke Takahashi
As part of its fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on 21 December approved plans to move ahead with the co-development of a Joint New Air-to-Air Missile (JNAAM) with the United Kingdom.
Specifically, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has secured JPY1.0 billion (USD9.7 million) to fund development costs related to the trial production of a prototype of the JNAAM, an MoD official confirmed during a 21 December press briefing.
The joint programme transitioned to a prototype stage in FY 2018 and is expected to finish trial production of the prototype during FY 2022, according to MoD documents. Following this, the two countries will evaluate the performance of the missile and then decide whether to put the weapon into mass production.